Color and number symbolism in Asik Senlik ecol folk storytelling

The Anatolian region, which is the important center of Turkish culture, contains material and spiritual values. Anatolian minstrelsy has undertaken important tasks in the creation and survival of these values. The transmission of the minstrel tradition, which has its own practices and rules, is provided by minstrel branches formed in the Anatolian field. In the Anatolian field of minstrelsy, the apprentices, who grow up one after the other with the master-apprentice tradition, act loyal to their masters within the tradition based on the language, style, use of feet in their poems, and the stories they classify. By keeping these characteristics of the master minstrel alive, culture and knowledge transfer was ensured, and minstrel branches were formed in the Anatolian field by minstrels who played and sang in the same tradition. While the branches of minstrelsy have become a part of the tradition, it has been one of the important elements in the survival and transmission of the tradition, and has also shown its effect on the survival of master minstrels. Asik Senlik, who influenced many minstrels in the Anatolian field, has undertaken important tasks in ensuring the continuity of the tradition by performing his art in different performance environments. Asik Senlik classified three stories and told these stories in the Anatolian field. After Asik Senlik, these stories continued to be performed in the Anatolian field and the other minstrels who grew up in the branch of Asik Senlik served the tradition by classifying the stories and contributed to the survival of the branch of Asik Senlik. The minstrels reflected the society in the stories they classified. The colors and numbers in the stories are indicators that have different meanings in the society in which they are created. The colors and numbers in the stories of Asik Senlik continued to be used in the stories classified by the minstrels who grew up in the branch of Asik Senlik. When the stories classified by Asik Sevki Halıcı, Asik Seref Taşlıova and Asik Murat Cobanoğlu are examined, it is seen that colors and numbers are used in a similar way as well as in different ways. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that there is a transfer of culture and knowledge within the branches of minstrelsy.